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By Bernie Monegain | 11:32 am | December 11, 2012
The American Telemedicine Association is working with three minority legislative caucuses to educate lawmakers and introduce model legislation for telehealth and mobile health in statehouses around the country.
By Anthony Brino | 10:42 am | December 11, 2012
Two months after the launch of the Massachusetts HIE, Laurance Stuntz, director of the MeHI, discusses the HIE's journey so far and the road ahead. Formerly a senior VIP at the healthcare communications company NaviNet and a partner at Computer Science Corporation, Stuntz joined MeHI in May.
By Anthony Brino | 09:08 am | December 11, 2012
Laurance Stuntz, the director of the Massachusetts eHealth Institute, says the HIE is going to be one important part of the Commonwealth's cost-containment efforts.
By Diana Manos | 12:18 pm | December 10, 2012
Electronic tools, including smartphones, can help patients, but the adoption of apps for healthcare is still lagging, according to a new report released by the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:35 am | December 10, 2012
Roy Schoenberg, CEO of American Well, discusses his vision for the future of telehealth -- and how it can have an impact on healthcare as dramatic as online sales had on the retail marketplace.
By Tom Sullivan | 10:18 am | December 07, 2012
Even though evidence suggests that healthcare records are more valuable to crooks than financial records, three out of five healthcare organizations are not allocating enough resources to their protect patient data. Ironically, a big reason is that the industry has no way to place a value on that information.
By Erin McCann | 10:36 am | December 06, 2012
A new report shedding light on the challenges data breaches pose for the healthcare industry finds that the annual number of breaches continues to trend upward, and also could come with a nearly $7 billion price tag.
By Erin McCann | 09:41 am | December 05, 2012
A new report by KLAS ranks Deloitte and The Advisory Board Co. among the top consultants for the coding transition.
By Jeff Rowe | 07:57 am | December 05, 2012
The ONC Town Hall at the mHealth Summit on Tuesday put consumers center stage with a discussion of how patients are getting plugged in to their own healthcare.
By Erin McCann | 12:01 pm | December 04, 2012
The Department of Health and Human Services' August decision finalizing a one-year delay for ICD-10 has given providers additional time to make the necessary preparations for the switch, and, according to a KLAS report released Monday, the majority of providers plan to use a third-party firm to help get them there.